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Jones & Bartlett Learning Awarded Seven AJN Book of the Year Awards

We're delighted to announce that we've just won seven 2018 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards. Since 1969, the AJN Awards have honored the most exceptional texts in nursing and health care. The 2018 awards recognized titles published between August 2017 and August 2018 in a variety of categories. Once again, the AJN Awards have acknowledged Jones & Bartlett Learning as a premier publisher in nursing with two first place awards, three second place awards, and two third place awards.

“Jones & Bartlett Learning is both honored and humbled to accept seven 2018 AJN Book of the Year Awards. Long a symbol of excellence in nursing publishing, these prestigious honors are a testament to our wonderful authors and professional product teams. We would like to thank the American Journal of Nursing for recognizing the efforts of so many as well as the nursing community we continue to proudly and enthusiastically serve.” - Matthew Kane, Director of Product Management, Jones & Bartlett Learning

Statistics for Nursing: A Practical Approach, Third Edition by Elizabeth Heavey provides the statistical background that students need not only to enter the nursing profession but also to advance within it. The Third Edition features new research application articles, more clinically-based explanations and application exercises, newly developed graphic content, IBM SPSS Statistics video tutorials, and updated lesson content for computer application exercises.

Varney’s Midwifery, Sixth Edition by Tekoa L. King, Mary C. Brucker, Kathryn Osborne, and Cecilia M. Jevitt is the gold standard for midwifery practice. It reflects current evidence-based guidelines and addresses care of women throughout the lifespan. The Sixth Edition provides new content on social determinants of health, the changing face of the population, and the population that midwives serve.

Edited by Terry Fulmer and Bruce Chernof, Handbook of Geriatric Assessment, Fifth Edition is a multidisciplinary text that takes a contemporary approach in line with patient and family centered care. With contributions from the foremost experts in the field, it contains the latest information on geriatric assessments for older adults. Completely updated and revised, the Fifth Edition includes several new chapters.